Ready to make something absolutely adorable? This cute and simple monkey amigurumi crochet is just the project you need! With its charming smile and cuddly little limbs, it’s not only a joy to crochet but also a perfect companion for kids and adults alike. Whether you’re new to crochet or a seasoned pro, this pattern is straightforward and fun, making it a great choice for a relaxing craft session. So, grab your yarn, and let’s whip up this lovable little monkey that’s bound to become a favorite in no time!
Monkey Amigurumi Crochet Pattern
Materials
- Yarn:
- Soft brown yarn (for the body, head, tail, and limbs)
- Beige yarn (for the face, ears, and belly)
- Hook:
- Size 3.5 mm (E)
- Eyes:
- 8 mm black safety eyes
- Stuffing:
- Polyester fiberfill
- Other:
- Tapestry needle (for sewing parts together)
- Stitch markers
- Scissors
- Embroidery floss (black for the mouth)
Instructions
Abbreviations:
- ch: chain
- sc: single crochet
- inc: increase (2 sc in one stitch)
- dec: decrease (single crochet 2 stitches together)
- st: stitch
- sl st: slip stitch
- Rnd: round
Head:
- Using brown yarn, start with a magic ring.
- Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring. (6)
- Rnd 2: inc in each st around. (12)
- Rnd 3: (sc, inc) around. (18)
- Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) around. (24)
- Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) around. (30)
- Rnd 6: (4 sc, inc) around. (36)
- Rnd 7-12: sc in each st around. (36)
- Rnd 13: (4 sc, dec) around. (30)
- Rnd 14: (3 sc, dec) around. (24)
- Rnd 15: (2 sc, dec) around. (18)
- Rnd 16: (sc, dec) around. (12)
- Insert safety eyes between Rnd 10 and 11, approximately 6 stitches apart. Embroider a small smile using black embroidery floss.
- Stuff the head firmly with fiberfill.
- Rnd 17: dec around. (6)
- Fasten off and weave in the end.
Body:
- Using brown yarn, start with a magic ring.
- Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring. (6)
- Rnd 2: inc in each st around. (12)
- Rnd 3: (sc, inc) around. (18)
- Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) around. (24)
- Rnd 5-10: sc in each st around. (24)
- Rnd 11: (2 sc, dec) around. (18)
- Rnd 12: (sc, dec) around. (12)
- Stuff the body firmly with fiberfill.
- Rnd 13: dec around. (6)
- Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Ears (make 2):
- Using beige yarn, start with a magic ring.
- Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring. (6)
- Rnd 2: (sc, inc) around. (9)
- Rnd 3-4: sc in each st around. (9)
- Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Arms (make 2):
- Using brown yarn, ch 2.
- Rnd 1: 6 sc in the second ch from hook. (6)
- Rnd 2-5: sc in each st around. (6)
- Stuff lightly.
- Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Legs (make 2):
- Using brown yarn, ch 2.
- Rnd 1: 6 sc in the second ch from hook. (6)
- Rnd 2: (sc, inc) around. (9)
- Rnd 3-6: sc in each st around. (9)
- Stuff lightly.
- Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Tail:
- Using brown yarn, ch 15.
- Row 1: Starting from the second ch from hook, sc in each ch across. (14)
- Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Assembly:
- Sew the head onto the body.
- Sew the ears on each side of the head, level with the eyes.
- Attach the arms to the sides of the body.
- Attach the legs to the bottom of the body.
- Sew the tail to the back of the body.
- Weave in all ends.
Materials
- Yarn:
- Dark brown yarn (for the body, head, tail, and limbs)
- Cream-colored yarn (for the face, ears, and belly)
- Hook:
- Size 3.0 mm (D)
- Eyes:
- 10 mm black button eyes
- Stuffing:
- Polyester fiberfill
- Other:
- Tapestry needle (for sewing parts together)
- Stitch markers
- Scissors
- Embroidery floss (black for the nose and mouth)
Instructions
Abbreviations:
- ch: chain
- sc: single crochet
- inc: increase (2 sc in one stitch)
- dec: decrease (single crochet 2 stitches together)
- st: stitch
- sl st: slip stitch
- Rnd: round
Head:
- Using dark brown yarn, start with a magic ring.
- Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring. (6)
- Rnd 2: inc in each st around. (12)
- Rnd 3: (sc, inc) around. (18)
- Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) around. (24)
- Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) around. (30)
- Rnd 6-11: sc in each st around. (30)
- Rnd 12: (3 sc, dec) around. (24)
- Rnd 13: (2 sc, dec) around. (18)
- Rnd 14: (sc, dec) around. (12)
- Insert button eyes between Rnd 8 and 9, approximately 5 stitches apart. Embroider a small nose and smiling mouth using black embroidery floss.
- Stuff the head firmly with fiberfill.
- Rnd 15: dec around. (6)
- Fasten off and weave in the end.
Body:
- Using dark brown yarn, start with a magic ring.
- Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring. (6)
- Rnd 2: inc in each st around. (12)
- Rnd 3: (sc, inc) around. (18)
- Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) around. (24)
- Rnd 5-10: sc in each st around. (24)
- Rnd 11: (2 sc, dec) around. (18)
- Rnd 12: (sc, dec) around. (12)
- Stuff the body firmly with fiberfill.
- Rnd 13: dec around. (6)
- Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Ears (make 2):
- Using cream-colored yarn, start with a magic ring.
- Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring. (6)
- Rnd 2: (sc, inc) around. (9)
- Rnd 3: sc in each st around. (9)
- Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Arms (make 2):
- Using dark brown yarn, ch 2.
- Rnd 1: 6 sc in the second ch from hook. (6)
- Rnd 2: (sc, inc) around. (9)
- Rnd 3-8: sc in each st around. (9)
- Stuff lightly.
- Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Legs (make 2):
- Using dark brown yarn, ch 2.
- Rnd 1: 6 sc in the second ch from hook. (6)
- Rnd 2: (sc, inc) around. (9)
- Rnd 3-7: sc in each st around. (9)
- Stuff lightly.
- Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Tail:
- Using dark brown yarn, ch 20.
- Row 1: Starting from the second ch from hook, sc in each ch across. (19)
- Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Assembly:
- Sew the head onto the body.
- Sew the ears on each side of the head, level with the eyes.
- Attach the arms to the sides of the body.
- Attach the legs to the bottom of the body.
- Sew the tail to the back of the body.
- Weave in all ends.
Materials
- Yarn:
- Dark brown yarn (for the body, head, tail, and limbs)
- Light beige yarn (for the face, ears, and belly)
- Red yarn (for the hat)
- Yellow yarn (for the stripe on the hat)
- Hook:
- Size 3.5 mm (E)
- Eyes:
- 6 mm black button eyes
- Stuffing:
- Polyester fiberfill
- Other:
- Tapestry needle (for sewing parts together)
- Stitch markers
- Scissors
- Embroidery floss (black for the mouth)
Instructions
Abbreviations:
- ch: chain
- sc: single crochet
- inc: increase (2 sc in one stitch)
- dec: decrease (single crochet 2 stitches together)
- st: stitch
- sl st: slip stitch
- Rnd: round
Head:
- Using dark brown yarn, start with a magic ring.
- Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring. (6)
- Rnd 2: inc in each st around. (12)
- Rnd 3: (sc, inc) around. (18)
- Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) around. (24)
- Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) around. (30)
- Rnd 6-11: sc in each st around. (30)
- Rnd 12: (3 sc, dec) around. (24)
- Rnd 13: (2 sc, dec) around. (18)
- Rnd 14: (sc, dec) around. (12)
- Insert button eyes between Rnd 8 and 9, approximately 5 stitches apart. Embroider a small smile using black embroidery floss.
- Stuff the head firmly with fiberfill.
- Rnd 15: dec around. (6)
- Fasten off and weave in the end.
Body:
- Using dark brown yarn, start with a magic ring.
- Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring. (6)
- Rnd 2: inc in each st around. (12)
- Rnd 3: (sc, inc) around. (18)
- Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) around. (24)
- Rnd 5-10: sc in each st around. (24)
- Rnd 11: (2 sc, dec) around. (18)
- Rnd 12: (sc, dec) around. (12)
- Stuff the body firmly with fiberfill.
- Rnd 13: dec around. (6)
- Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Ears (make 2):
- Using light beige yarn, start with a magic ring.
- Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring. (6)
- Rnd 2: (sc, inc) around. (9)
- Rnd 3: sc in each st around. (9)
- Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Arms (make 2):
- Using dark brown yarn, ch 2.
- Rnd 1: 6 sc in the second ch from hook. (6)
- Rnd 2-5: sc in each st around. (6)
- Stuff lightly.
- Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Legs (make 2):
- Using dark brown yarn, ch 2.
- Rnd 1: 6 sc in the second ch from hook. (6)
- Rnd 2: (sc, inc) around. (9)
- Rnd 3-6: sc in each st around. (9)
- Stuff lightly.
- Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Tail:
- Using dark brown yarn, ch 15.
- Row 1: Starting from the second ch from hook, sc in each ch across. (14)
- Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Hat:
- Using red yarn, ch 2.
- Rnd 1: 6 sc in the second ch from hook. (6)
- Rnd 2: inc in each st around. (12)
- Rnd 3: (sc, inc) around. (18)
- Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) around. (24)
- Rnd 5-6: sc in each st around. (24)
- Change to yellow yarn.
- Rnd 7: sc in each st around. (24)
- Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Assembly:
- Sew the head onto the body.
- Sew the ears on each side of the head, level with the eyes.
- Attach the arms to the sides of the body.
- Attach the legs to the bottom of the body.
- Sew the tail to the back of the body.
- Attach the hat to the top of the head.
- Weave in all ends.
Materials
- Yarn:
- Light brown yarn (for the body, head, tail, and limbs)
- White yarn (for the face, ears, and belly)
- Hook:
- Size 3.0 mm (D)
- Eyes:
- 8 mm black button eyes
- Stuffing:
- Polyester fiberfill
- Other:
- Tapestry needle (for sewing parts together)
- Stitch markers
- Scissors
- Black embroidery floss (for the smile)
Instructions
Abbreviations:
- ch: chain
- sc: single crochet
- inc: increase (2 sc in one stitch)
- dec: decrease (single crochet 2 stitches together)
- st: stitch
- sl st: slip stitch
- Rnd: round
Head:
- Using light brown yarn, start with a magic ring.
- Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring. (6)
- Rnd 2: inc in each st around. (12)
- Rnd 3: (sc, inc) around. (18)
- Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) around. (24)
- Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) around. (30)
- Rnd 6-11: sc in each st around. (30)
- Rnd 12: (3 sc, dec) around. (24)
- Rnd 13: (2 sc, dec) around. (18)
- Rnd 14: (sc, dec) around. (12)
- Insert button eyes between Rnd 8 and 9, approximately 6 stitches apart. Embroider a wide, cheerful smile using black embroidery floss.
- Stuff the head firmly with fiberfill.
- Rnd 15: dec around. (6)
- Fasten off and weave in the end.
Body:
- Using light brown yarn, start with a magic ring.
- Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring. (6)
- Rnd 2: inc in each st around. (12)
- Rnd 3: (sc, inc) around. (18)
- Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) around. (24)
- Rnd 5-10: sc in each st around. (24)
- Rnd 11: (2 sc, dec) around. (18)
- Rnd 12: (sc, dec) around. (12)
- Stuff the body firmly with fiberfill.
- Rnd 13: dec around. (6)
- Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Ears (make 2):
- Using white yarn, start with a magic ring.
- Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring. (6)
- Rnd 2: (sc, inc) around. (9)
- Rnd 3: sc in each st around. (9)
- Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Arms (make 2):
- Using light brown yarn, ch 2.
- Rnd 1: 6 sc in the second ch from hook. (6)
- Rnd 2-5: sc in each st around. (6)
- Stuff lightly.
- Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Legs (make 2):
- Using light brown yarn, ch 2.
- Rnd 1: 6 sc in the second ch from hook. (6)
- Rnd 2: (sc, inc) around. (9)
- Rnd 3-6: sc in each st around. (9)
- Stuff lightly.
- Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Tail:
- Using light brown yarn, ch 15.
- Row 1: Starting from the second ch from hook, sc in each ch across. (14)
- Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Assembly:
- Sew the head onto the body.
- Sew the ears on each side of the head, level with the eyes.
- Attach the arms to the sides of the body.
- Attach the legs to the bottom of the body.
- Sew the tail to the back of the body.
- Weave in all ends.